跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读(MP3+文本) 第1009期
日期:2020-11-20 06:00

(单词翻译:单击)

While there's a lot that I don't know at my age, what I do know is this: what some people take for granted, others are fighting for.


语音讲解:

今日发音练习重点:

1. 对比强调带来的重读:...there's a lot that I DON'T know...what I DO know is this...

2. granted的美音发音可为/ˈɡrænɪd/

言之有物:

1. While there's a lot that I don't know at my age...

虽然在我这个年纪有很多事不明白

*while 尽管/虽然=though/although

While he is respected, he is not liked.

尽管他很受尊重,他并不招人喜欢。

While I admit that there are problems, I don't agree that they cannot be solved.

尽管我承认有问题存在,但我不同意说这些问题不能解决。

But while the people follow him, no one would dare stand up to him until you.

虽然人民支持他,但没人敢跟他正面冲突,只有你(此处字幕组翻译有误)。


图片源自《角斗士》

2. 词链儿:take for granted 认为XX理所应当/想当然

He took me for granted.

他不把我当回事。

The boss takes us for granted, but if we weren't here, this whole company would collapse.

老板总是想当然。要是我们不在,估计公司都塌了。

I came into adult life clueless about a lot of things that most people take for granted .

我已成年,却对许多大部分人认为理所当然的事情一窍不通。

...which you and I take for granted if we gift them a past.

你我视为理所当然的体验,如果我们赐予他们过去。


图片源自《银翼杀手》

I want you to know that I do not take that for granted.

我非常感激你的好意(不认为你的好意理所应当)。


图片源自《当幸福来敲门》

活学活用:

请用 take for granted 随意造句

《云上情歌》(Clouds):基于真实故事,美国男孩扎克·索比赫14岁被诊断患有骨肉瘤(18岁去世),多次手术和化疗并未遏制癌症发展,在得知自己只剩几个月寿命后,他创作了《云》这首歌,感谢自己身边的人和所经历的一切,乐观面对。


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